Mop-holder.



R. E. & G. R. ANDREWS. MOP HOLDER. APPLIGATION'PILBD Nov. 21A 19.13.

Patented Sept. 15, 1914.

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To all 'whom itmay concern:

Be it known that we, ROBERT E. ANDREWS' gomery and New York and States of North Carolina and New York, respectively, have invented new and useful Improvements in Mop-Holders, of which the following is a specification.

' The present invention has 4reference to mop holders, and it proposes, briefiy, certain hereinafter-described improvements in or relating to the construction ofthe two main elements or members of the holder, and the means or devices provided in con nection with said members for clamping the mop in place therebetween, whereby the attachment of the mop to, and its removal from the holder may be readily effected.

An embodiment of the invention is illusin the accompanying drawing, yvvherein: l

Figure l is a perspective view; Fig. 2 is an enlarged plan view; and Figs. 3 and t are longitudinal and transverse vertical sections, respectively, taken centrally through Fig. 2. A

As shown in said drawing, the improved holder consists, primarily,rv of inner and outer ring-like members 1 arid 2 of approximately elliptical shape, made of metal or other suitable material and so ,constructed and arranged as to exercise a clamping action between them upon the mop, when the latter has been fitted over the inner member and moved with the same into the outer member. This clamping action is preferably obtained by giving to the walls of said members a slight inward inclination, so that -they have a somewhat frusto-conical appearance, such construction enabling them'to mutually exert a wedging or binding action upon the interposed portion of the mop. The latter may be of any desired type or material, and is shown'in Figs. 1 to 4, wherein it is indicated by the numeral 3, as in the form of a strip of cloth having a central longitudinal slot 4, the purpose or' which will be subsequently explained. It is passed over the inner member l, and clamped in place when that member is drawn upwardly into the outer member 2. To effect the upward movement just referred to, there is preferably employed a threaded bolt 5 Patented sepa is, iena. Serial No. 802,83. u.

if whichy projects upwardly through the bore i of a guide socket or sleeve 6 formed centrally of a transverse strap 7 that connects the upper portions of the side walls of the outer 'member 2, and is located midway between #the ends thereof. The lower end of the bolt is pivotally mounted' upon a cross-pin 8 carried by a'socket 9 that is located directly beneath thesocket 6 and constitutes part of a strap 10 which. joins the central portions of the side walls o f the inner member 1 and is similar, in the main, to the upper strap 7, but of less height than that strap. The pro jecting upper portion of the bolt carries a clamping nut 1l, the wings of which are elongated, as shown, and terminatesin an enlargement or head 12 that serveato prei vent removal 'of said nut, the bolt itself beand having its threads formed by notches or the like in its longitudinal edges. its the lower end of the said bolt is mounted in the in the mop for the passage of the bolt therethrough; hence, the formation of the slot tin the mo when the latter is constituted by derstood, however, that any other preferred form or type of mo may be employed in work or the character of swept or polished.

To facilitate manipulation of the device as a whole, the outer member 2 is provided with a suitable socket 25, to receive the lower end of the pole or other handle 26.

The holder may be used with practically any desired form or type of mop, the latter being firmly clamped in place between the inner and outer members 1 and 2 when the nut l1 is tightened. Both of said members are braced by the extension of the straps 7 and 10 thereacross, vand the integral connection of the saine thereto, this construction increasing the dunability of the holder as Finally, the pivotal" connection of the bolt to the lower strap 10 permits a lateral play which enables the said bolt to accommodate itself to any slight irregularity in the relativepositions o' the inner and outer members.

1. In a mop'holder, the 'combination of ing preferably rectangular in cross-section` place thereof, according to the nature of the the surface to be inner and outer members Zhaving comple-- lower socket 9, an opening must be provided I a strip o cloth, as shown. lt is to be uni 160 well as cbeapening" its cost of manufacture.

mental clamping surfaces adapted to grip the mop between them; a. pair of sockets connected to said members in superposed relation, the lower socket Vhaving a, cross- 5 pin therein, a bolt, passing through said sockets and pivoted' at its lower end upon said pin, and e device movubly. mounted on said bolt and adapted to be tightened against 1 the upper socket to force the inner holder 10 member into the outer vholder member.

. 2.' In a' mop holder, the combination of inner and outer ringdike members-provided with complementari clamping surfaces dapted to grip the mop between them, each lrkof said members having a strap extending centrally thereaeross and formed with a. centrai socket; a b olt passing through said sockets and pivoted in one of them; and-:1

device carried by seid bolt and adapted to be 'tightened against the other socket to :ze force the inner holder member into the outer 'holder member.

In testimony whereof we' have hereunto set our hands 1n presence of two subscribing witnesses.

ROBERT. E. ANDREWS. GEORGE REID ANDREWS.'

Witnesses 'to signature of Robert 4Andrews 

